Charles Adair

On September 30 and October 1, 1860, Charles Adair writes from Akron, Ohio to his father Samuel Lyle Adair. Charles says that he is now staying at Cousin Jason’s house near Akron. He reports that he and Jason attended a Republican meeting in Copley, Ohio: “there were a great many people at the meeting, the Akron wideawakes were out...they made a grand show.”

September 30, 1860-October 1, 1860

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement

Charles Adair

Miami County, Kansas

Kansas Historical Society

Samuel Lyle & Florella Brown Adair Family Collection, Box 1: Folder 3

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